IT 101-THE END

IT 101 is an interesting class. I have learned a copious amount of material that I did not know before, from building a website to mashups to using twitter. The most important aspect of the class however is that after taking this course you will understand not only the potential of web 2.0 but also how important it s to familiarize yourself with the web. Although you may think that you will never create another one of the tedious popfly mashups as long as you shall live it opened my eyes to the potential of technology. I never knew that so many applications existed, or were so easy to use as this class proved it to be.

Cis Presentation-Chris Penn new media.

The new media presentation was very interesting. He explained well how easy it is to broadcast yourself to the rest of the world. So many tools now exist for people to share their information with the rest of the world. Chris talked about podcasts, and their use. This was interesting to hear because i never knew podcasts were this accessible, and one can find a podcast on almost any issue. In order for one to listen to podcasts all he has to do is subscribe and the episodes automatically download to Itunes. I never knew that media was so accessible and that i could create a name for myself on the web with such ease.

CIS Presentation-Laura Fitton

Laura came to bentley to speak to the IT 101x class about the benefits of Twitter. Personally I am still not sold. Her presentation was very interesting and I learned aspects of Twitter that I did not know before, but my preferences lie with facebook. While Twitter has it's benefits, such as: It allows information to spread quicker and reach the public, even if the government prefers it not to be released, as in the Beijing riot during the olympics. It also allows people to follow each other and deliver messages to essentially a wider demographic, for instance she explained how one message can travel to one person who spreads it to another, and so on. These aspects of Twitter make a really convenient service for people who run businesses, such as Laura, but in my opinion will not be welcomed by the teenage world.

Spyware, adware

"The term adware frequently refers to any software which displays advertisements, whether or not the user has consented." -Wikipedia.org "Spyware is installed without the users knowledge". It is a malicious software that keeps track of the users actions, records them, then sends them to a database where the info is stored and then used for commercial benefits such as sending ads to the user based on the user's browsing. Spyware can install itself through "piggybacking on wanted programs such as kazaa", or by deceiving or tricking the user into installing it (trojan horse). Spyware slows down the computer significantly and is often hard to get rid of. Adware however is less of a malicious software, it is often found on freeeware and is removed once the freeware has been registered-paid for. Adware is usually only present while the freeware is running and usually disappears once the freeware program is closed. Adware is also used for commercial gain, and is usually found in the form of pop-up ads and is mostly harmless.

Most info found on wikipedia.org

Why crossloop is usefull

Crossloop is useful and convienant mostly because one may view anothers computer from a remote region. You do not have to be next to the person in need of help or support, no phone is even required all the people have to do is connect to each others computer using this third psrty software and the technition can just do all the work for the person in need. It is also usefull in viewing documents, movies, or any other large file that requires downloading, one may just connect using this software and view the document/ file in need using crossloop and avoid hours of uploading. Oerall this is a very usefull software to posses.

Video using crossloop

http://www.screencast.com/users/zub30046/folders/Default/media/c3813c09-9d29-4e96-ae20-1729787b6266

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